/*	
	stencil - action script 3 isometric game engine.

	http://code.google.com/p/stencilas3/
	
	Copyright (c) 2010 Max Zhuravkov, All Rights Reserved.

	Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
	this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
	the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
	use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
	of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
	so, subject to the following conditions:

	The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
	copies or substantial portions of the Software.

	THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
	IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
	FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
	AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
	LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
	OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
	SOFTWARE.
*/
package stencil.core.engine.scene {
	
	import stencil.core.engine.IDisposable;
	import stencil.core.engine.ISceneObject;
	
	/**
	 * ...
	 * @author Max Zhuravkov
	 */
	public interface ISceneObjectList {
		
		/**
		 * The array of objects this list contains.
		 */
		function get objects():Array;
		
		/**
		 * Addes the given object to list.
		 * 
		 * @param	object	the scene object.
		 */
		function add(object:ISceneObject):void;
		
		/**
		 * Removes the given object to list.
		 * 
		 * @param	object	the scene object.
		 */
		function remove(object:ISceneObject):void;
		
		/**
		 * Removes all objects from list.
		 */
		function clear():void;
		
		/**
		 * Determines whether this list contains the given object or not.
		 * 
		 * @param	object	the scene object.
		 * 
		 * @return
		 */
		function contains(object:ISceneObject):Boolean;
		
		/**
		 * Determines whether this List object can add the given object or not.
		 * 
		 * @param	object	the object to test.
		 */
		function canBeAdded(object:ISceneObject):Boolean;
		
	}
	
}